The Train to Skagen

Yesterday, Andrew and I woke up [relatively] early and caught the train to Skagen (pronounced Skain). It's a town on the northeastern tip of Denmark, and the beach there is where the North and Baltic Seas meet. It's a very popular tourist town in the summer, and according to one of Andrew's co-workers, it's where Danish celebrities like to go to be seen. I was there with my parents when they visited in August, but Andrew missed it and since we're having a bit of an Indian summer here right now (with some blazing highs in the seventies) we decided a day at the beach sounded great.

We arrived in Skagen and did some shopping and had lunch in town first, before hitting the road to the beach, which is a little bit outside of town. To be specific, it's three kilometers outside of town, but the walk was beautiful and relaxing and there were plenty of other bikers and walkers along the same route. We made it there in about thirty minutes and took a tractor/bus from the dunes down to the beachfront along with the many Danes who were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm day. The beach was beautiful and it really was the perfect day for a barefoot walk in the sand.

Andrew and I both took the opportunity to take a stroll in the North and Baltic Seas, and here he is in each:

 

As always, more pictures of our day are on our flickr page.